I can't imagine the toll this takes on some of these kids. Glad to hear he continues to do well!
I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
My dad is 86 and has significant health issues that put him at high risk. He lives by himself and has people that come in to help him out a couple of times a day for a couple of hours. He talked to his county health department early last week and they told him he will be in the Phase 1B group (he is on their list) and he should expect to be vaccinated in the next couple of weeks. It is a small, rural county and they are using the Moderna vaccine. He actually wants the Moderna instead of the Pfizer vaccine, so he is pleased with his choice.waynecountywolf said:I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
94 yr old Dad is in assisted living and cases went from one to 12 Sunday and they are moving all COVID positive to one floor today.
My thought is that most of those younger people being vaccinated are health care workers, and hopefully workers in nursing homes are among them. I would think personally that nursing home and assisted care people were at the top of the list, since they work exclusively with those at the most risk, but I'm not sure I have faith that that is the case just yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), they make up 6% of all of the total vaccinations to date. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older. If you look at deaths in NC, 83% of the deaths are from people aged 65+ (60% of the 83% are aged 75+).
I hope you are right and the nursing home workers are included in this first wave. By the way, NC has been allotted 461,925 doses (12/22 data) of both the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines. So, NC has enough doses available now to vaccinate every person who is a resident of a long-term care facility.wilmwolf80 said:My thought is that most of those younger people being vaccinated are health care workers, and hopefully workers in nursing homes are among them. I would think personally that nursing home and assisted care people were at the top of the list, since they work exclusively with those at the most risk, but I'm not sure I have faith that that is the case just yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), they make up 6% of all of the total vaccinations to date. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older. If you look at deaths in NC, 83% of the deaths are from people aged 65+ (60% of the 83% are aged 75+).
Maybe Tony liked baking, fiction, Mr. Natural, Orange Sunshine, Windowpane, Purple Microdot, Orange Barrel too but he did not brag on either? He does love baseball and at 5'7", he was captain of his high school basketball team. I of course did not know Mullis but he was a smart man from NC that did some really good work with DNA. Fauci found the job he wanted and he stayed there, when what most people would call promotions came along, he stuck with the job he loved. I doubt Tony has seen an extraterrestrial raccoon but he might have? 2 people that did what they loved.Mormad said:ciscopack said:Last I heard, that date was Nov. 3, 2020; now it's moved. (Nov. 3...on here in this thread) Fauci actually expects it to get worse over the next few weeks (inc. Jan. 21); so do I. If Fauci can find the time, he'll tell what he thinks about the virus and try to help people, help one another get rid of it to anyone that wants to listen. Any network or station!BBW12OG said:
The fact he is a regular on CNN tells you ALL you need to know about him. He had/has an agenda. Wait until Sleepy and Willie's Side Piece take over. All of a sudden you will see the economies open up and the businesses to go back to normal. They are waiting on January 21st to let everyone know that "all is well" because we now have democrats in the White House. This more than anything should show intelligent Americans where the priorities of democrats actually lie.
I can't figure out why the HACK would waste his time going to Holy Cross and Cornell and graduate 1st in his class with a Doctor of Medicine degree?
In 1968, Fauci joined the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as a clinical associate in the Laboratory of Clinical Investigation (LCI) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#cite_note-pr1984-12][12][/url] In 1974, he became head of the Clinical Physiology Section, LCI, and in 1980 was appointed Chief of the Laboratory of Immunoregulation. In 1984, he became director of NIAID, a position he still holds as of 2020.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#cite_note-Grady-5][5][/url] In that role he is responsible for an extensive research portfolio of basic and applied research on infectious and immune-mediated illnesses.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#cite_note-pr1984-12][12][/url] He has turned down several offers to lead his agency's parent, the NIH, and has been at the forefront of U.S. efforts to contend with viral diseases like HIV/AIDS, SARS, the 2009 swine flu pandemic, MERS, Ebola and COVID-19.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#cite_note-13][13][/url]
He played a significant role in the early 2000s in creating the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#cite_note-14][14][/url] and in driving development of biodefense drugs and vaccines following the 9/11 terrorist attacks.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#cite_note-15][15][/url]
Fauci has been a visiting professor at many medical centers, and has received 30 honorary doctorates from universities in the U.S. and abroad.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fauci#cite_note-Cited-16][16][/url]
He's no Kary Mullis
King Leary said:
It makes very little sense to vaccinate anybody younger than 60 to begin with.
Really we should've used ever single vaccine for those above 70.
Israel will be interesting to follow if they decided upon that route.
wilmwolf80 said:
Not exactly related to the current discussion, but in your experience, is staffing becoming an issue because healthcare workers are getting covid on the job, or are they getting it away from work and then missing time because of it?
Cant say I agree with this.King Leary said:
It makes very little sense to vaccinate anybody younger than 60 to begin with.
Really we should've used ever single vaccine for those above 70.
Israel will be interesting to follow if they decided upon that route.
So, they aren't sending any of them to the hospital? Who makes that choice - the facility, or the family?waynecountywolf said:I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
94 yr old Dad is in assisted living and cases went from one to 12 Sunday and they are moving all COVID positive to one floor today.
PackPA2015 said:wilmwolf80 said:
Not exactly related to the current discussion, but in your experience, is staffing becoming an issue because healthcare workers are getting covid on the job, or are they getting it away from work and then missing time because of it?
Great question. At our clinic, most have been from contact within the office. Our other providers and staff have been relatively compliant basically staying home for the past 9 months and not risking contacts.
As far as our hospital system, I would say most cases in workers originate from outside contact. That is what I have been told from workers and administration within the hospital. I do not have exact numbers on that.
Is that what you are seeing Mormad?
In my own limited, one (1) known episode of this, the assisted living facility employee caught it outside of work and then brought it into the facility... within 4-5 days upon that first positive test, they had 13 residents test positive and 5/6 deaths already. None of the residents were taken to the hospital (thus my earlier question to another poster). I don't know how the numbers went after my own personal involvement was over.wilmwolf80 said:
Not exactly related to the current discussion, but in your experience, is staffing becoming an issue because healthcare workers are getting covid on the job, or are they getting it away from work and then missing time because of it?
CVS and Walgreens will come in person to the community.TheStorm said:So, they aren't sending any of them to the hospital? Who makes that choice - the facility, or the family?waynecountywolf said:I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
94 yr old Dad is in assisted living and cases went from one to 12 Sunday and they are moving all COVID positive to one floor today.
Thanks in advance.
I'm really more interested in knowing who decides if a resident is taken to the hospital? I know that RWW26's Grandmother was taken from an assisted living facility to the hospital (and thankfully she recovered), but again - I'm wondering who decides that? Seems like once covid gets into a facility they are just letting them die there... but like I said, I only know about one episode.waynecountywolf said:CVS and Walgreens will come in person the the community.TheStorm said:So, they aren't sending any of them to the hospital? Who makes that choice - the facility, or the family?waynecountywolf said:I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
94 yr old Dad is in assisted living and cases went from one to 12 Sunday and they are moving all COVID positive to one floor today.
Thanks in advance.
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reread wrote post- Not yet but they are finally keeping them apart. Some residents left for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the day and have to also quarantine in their rooms. Funny thing, they allow smokers to walk around and sit on the front porch but the non smokers cannot.
I have said all along that healthcare workers should be included in the first phase for the reasons you state and it is good to see that this is happening and in large numbers. I have also been clear that people in long-term care and congregate facilities should be in the first phase and they are included in Phase 1A.PackPA2015 said:King Leary said:
It makes very little sense to vaccinate anybody younger than 60 to begin with.
Really we should've used ever single vaccine for those above 70.
Israel will be interesting to follow if they decided upon that route.
The +65 group is vastly important, yes. But we still need healthcare workers to take care of those under 65 whom end up in the hospital from COVID which is why they are receiving the vaccine. Staffing has become a huge issue. Limited staff means worse care.
These workers will mostly be under the age of 65.
As of today, I dont know who is symptomatic at this point so they would not even go to the hospital simply because they tested positive. I should have stated earlier, the residents are tested more than once whenever a person that works there or another resident tests positive- so they ALL get tested. Last tests revealed 1 from last week and Sunday 11 more after Christmas.TheStorm said:I'm really more interested in knowing who decides if a resident is taken to the hospital? I know that RWW26's Grandmother was taken from an assisted living facility to the hospital (and thankfully she recovered), but again - I'm wondering who decides that? Seems like once covid gets into a facility they are just letting them die there... but like I said, I only know about one episode.waynecountywolf said:CVS and Walgreens will come in person the the community.TheStorm said:So, they aren't sending any of them to the hospital? Who makes that choice - the facility, or the family?waynecountywolf said:I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
94 yr old Dad is in assisted living and cases went from one to 12 Sunday and they are moving all COVID positive to one floor today.
Thanks in advance.
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reread wrote post- Not yet but they are finally keeping them apart. Some residents left for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the day and have to also quarantine in their rooms. Funny thing, they allow smokers to walk around and sit on the front porch but the non smokers cannot.
In the example that I gave earlier the facility claimed that they were all asymptomatic... do they die asymptomatic (within mere days), just because they are literally hanging by a thread to begin with?TheStorm said:I'm really more interested in knowing who decides if a resident is taken to the hospital? I know that RWW26's Grandmother was taken from an assisted living facility to the hospital (and thankfully she recovered), but again - I'm wondering who decides that? Seems like once covid gets into a facility they are just letting them die there... but like I said, I only know about one episode.waynecountywolf said:CVS and Walgreens will come in person the the community.TheStorm said:So, they aren't sending any of them to the hospital? Who makes that choice - the facility, or the family?waynecountywolf said:I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
94 yr old Dad is in assisted living and cases went from one to 12 Sunday and they are moving all COVID positive to one floor today.
Thanks in advance.
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reread wrote post- Not yet but they are finally keeping them apart. Some residents left for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the day and have to also quarantine in their rooms. Funny thing, they allow smokers to walk around and sit on the front porch but the non smokers cannot.
PackPA2015 said:King Leary said:
It makes very little sense to vaccinate anybody younger than 60 to begin with.
Really we should've used ever single vaccine for those above 70.
Israel will be interesting to follow if they decided upon that route.
The +65 group is vastly important, yes. But we still need healthcare workers to take care of those under 65 whom end up in the hospital from COVID which is why they are receiving the vaccine. Staffing has become a huge issue. Limited staff means worse care.
These workers will mostly be under the age of 65.
Cant speak for anyone relatives other than my own. He is not hanging by a thread even though hes 94. Asymptomatic means no symptoms, no?TheStorm said:In the example that I gave earlier the facility claimed that they were all asymptomatic... do they die asymptomatic (within mere days), just because they are literally hanging by a thread to begin with?TheStorm said:I'm really more interested in knowing who decides if a resident is taken to the hospital? I know that RWW26's Grandmother was taken from an assisted living facility to the hospital (and thankfully she recovered), but again - I'm wondering who decides that? Seems like once covid gets into a facility they are just letting them die there... but like I said, I only know about one episode.waynecountywolf said:CVS and Walgreens will come in person the the community.TheStorm said:So, they aren't sending any of them to the hospital? Who makes that choice - the facility, or the family?waynecountywolf said:I keep seeing very general news articles that it will begin this week in congregate living, but in my area I see or hear nothing,yet.Daviewolf83 said:
For NC, a total of 63,571 people have received their first dose of the vaccine. Of these, 60% are between the ages of 25-49. For the age group you would likely find living in nursing homes (65+ age group), NC has vaccinated 6%. So, approximately 4,000 of the 63,000+ vaccinations have been to people 65 years of age and older.
94 yr old Dad is in assisted living and cases went from one to 12 Sunday and they are moving all COVID positive to one floor today.
Thanks in advance.
edit
reread wrote post- Not yet but they are finally keeping them apart. Some residents left for Thanksgiving and Christmas for the day and have to also quarantine in their rooms. Funny thing, they allow smokers to walk around and sit on the front porch but the non smokers cannot.
Tobaccoroadsportscafe said:
Can we get a cornpack and statefan update?
PackMom said:Tobaccoroadsportscafe said:
Can we get a cornpack and statefan update?
Yes, please, and has RWW's grandmother gone home yet?
RunsWithWolves26 said:
Sorry guys, busy day. Grandma hasn't come home yet but she is still doing well. Still asymptomatic which is good. Where she is at, they keep them for 10-21 days simply because of their age and fish factor. I've talked to her everyday since she went there 13 days ago. She tested posirive two weeks ago today. Fingers crossed all continues well and she gets to come home in the next 7 days. She is kinda blah and a little down because she misses being close to her family but at least she isn't like some with this virus. Thanks for the continued prayers and thoughts. It means a lot to my entire family.
Great update and awesome news. I know she wants to go home and hopefully she can get back home next week.RunsWithWolves26 said:
Sorry guys, busy day. Grandma hasn't come home yet but she is still doing well. Still asymptomatic which is good. Where she is at, they keep them for 10-21 days simply because of their age and fish factor. I've talked to her everyday since she went there 13 days ago. She tested posirive two weeks ago today. Fingers crossed all continues well and she gets to come home in the next 7 days. She is kinda blah and a little down because she misses being close to her family but at least she isn't like some with this virus. Thanks for the continued prayers and thoughts. It means a lot to my entire family.
Tobaccoroadsportscafe said:
Can we get a cornpack and statefan update?